North Eastham has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
The trip to work takes 22 minutes on average, where Massachusetts has 29 and the U.S. 26. Employers in North Eastham report 350 jobs; 763 of its residents have a job. Only 6% work in North Eastham; the top destination outside it is Eastham (16%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
North Eastham at work: what stands out
North Eastham makes and builds things
54% of the jobs based in North Eastham are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs North Eastham residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 14%. The jobs ↓
North Eastham’s workforce skews older
41% of North Eastham’s working residents are 55 or older. That’s about two in five. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 763 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Making and building: 54% of jobs based in North Eastham
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Eastham, 2013 → 2023: 264 → 350. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Eastham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region North Eastham works
About 30% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The workday shuffle in and out of North Eastham
On a workday 719 residents head out to work, 44 work right here, and 306 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in North Eastham on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from North Eastham work
Where North Eastham clocks in
16% of workers
11% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How long North Eastham spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Eastham workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 668 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across Massachusetts: 75% drive alone, 8% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Next door to North Eastham
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | North Eastham workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Eastham | – | — | — | 22 min | $77,442 |
| Wellfleet | 6% | C+ | A | 35 min | $117,938 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wellfleet. Darker towns draw more of North Eastham’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in North Eastham: questions
What is the median household income in North Eastham?
$77,442 (±$4,969) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in North Eastham?
10.1%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Eastham?
22 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in North Eastham work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eastham (16%, 1 mi), Orleans (11%, 6 mi), Barnstable Town (7%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around North Eastham without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from North Eastham, from the people who make the trip.
More of North Eastham
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.